USF heart institute may get $2 million from HillsboroughThe Tampa TribuneDr. Stephen Klasko, chief executive officer of USF Health, also touted the economic development aspects of the project. Klasko, a physician who also has a master’s degree in business administration, said he is passionate about “health care transformation that leads to economic benefits.”

By studying large groups of patients, “we can begin to screen and treat people younger and earlier in their disease to try to head off their (disease’s) progression,” said Dr. Les Miller, chair of cardiovascular sciences at USF.

What the debate on women’s health is overlookingHealthyState.org
And that can cause people to miss the point, said Dr. Catherine Lynch, an ob-gyn and associate vice president for women’s health at University of South Florida’s medical school. “What I think people are missing in the political debate is the other side of the coin – the health benefits,” said Dr. Hamisu Salihu, a University of South Florida professor.

Making exercise fun and cool for at-risk teen momsHealth Behavior News Service
“Social marketing is the absolute perfect way to get young people to adopt healthy behaviors because it focuses on what young people want, what they need, and what they’re concerned about,” said Carol Bryant, Ph.D., an expert in social marketing from the University of South Florida.

Could retiring doctors leave state in a bind?The Gainesville SunDr. Robert Brooks, a professor of health policy management at the University of South FloridaCollege of Medicine, has written on the looming shortages in Florida’s physician workforce.

Analysis finds bioavailability of IgG is consistent, regardless of formulationPharmaceutical Processing (Featured in more than 67 news outlets including: Yahoo! Finance, WKRN-TV, MedIndia and Clinical Trials News Digest)
“Maintaining a consistent level of IgG in the blood is important for patients with primary immunodeficiencies in order to prevent infections,” said John W. Sleasman, MD, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology at the University of South Florida.